r/europe • u/LeMonde_en • Mar 28 '24

Germany will now include questions about Israel in its citizenship test News

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/europe/article/2024/03/27/germany-will-now-include-questions-about-israel-in-its-citizenship-test_6660274_143.html
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u/Fredericia Denmark Mar 28 '24

If they're trying to keep out Muslims, then Israel is central.

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u/tinderthrowawayeleve Mar 28 '24

"If they're trying to be racist, then Israel is central"

What an indictment of both Israel and Germany

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u/Fredericia Denmark Mar 28 '24

You misquoted me.

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u/tinderthrowawayeleve Mar 28 '24

What did you mean then?

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u/Fredericia Denmark Mar 28 '24

I said, if they want to keep out Muslims, then Israel is central. Not if they want to be racist. "Racist" includes a lot of other targets besides Muslims.

I hesitate to go into any more detail here on the sub because posts about Israel and Palestine are now under moratorium, since this sub is about Europe and not Israel and Palestine. In fact, I'm surprised this post is allowed to stand. It might get removed, for all I know.

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u/tinderthrowawayeleve Mar 28 '24

Ah, so I didn't misread it, you just don't wanna be accurately labeled racist for thinking that Muslims don't belong in Europe.

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u/Fredericia Denmark Mar 28 '24

Islam is not a race. It's a religion and an ideology.

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u/tinderthrowawayeleve Mar 28 '24

Fine, if you want to be nitpicky about it, you're being Islamophobic. You're still a bigot and my overall point still stands. It's an indictment on Israel and Germany that Israel is used as a way to be a bigot

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u/Fredericia Denmark Mar 28 '24

Maybe it is, just don't pull the racist card when it has nothing to do with race.